Oxygen Not Included: Klei space colony sim

You have no idea what problems you created yet. That used to be what got you.

What you are using is consuming water and dirt at a fast clip. Dirt is finite (so far) and water too (until you find / make a replacement loop). So, you’re gonna die if you don’t know more, you just don’t know it yet.

And a carbon scrubber inside the starting dome? As well as the research stations. At least the batteries are small. So, you are in a race you don’t realize. Do they get more food/options before the heat gets too hot for those options to be viable? Do they run out of water before they finish researching those options? Do they starve?

You are also probably making oxygen using algae. Also finite (for now). So you are also going to suffocate unless you find more algae or replacement oxygen source soon. One of your best replacement options takes … water … which you still haven’t found out how to replace yet. So …

You have started the race conditions of no oxygen, no water, no dirt, no algae, no food … all related. You just don’t realize you’re dead yet unless you progress. Which makes heat, which will also kill you (but your food first). Or you can stop now and bask in the glow of having survived the crash landing. :)